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a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies

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Rebekah is a verger at Durham Cathedral, and as she carried out preparations for when the doors were opened to visitors, nature combined with the architecture of the great building to produce a stunning show.
For its vegetable line, under the Les Vergers Boiron brand, Boiron Freres now offers three 'homemade-grade' novelty purees: butternut squash, green asparagus, and beetroot.
Jaramana borde la Ghouta orientale, une region de vergers pilonnee par l'armee qui cherche a en deloger les rebelles qui y ont etabli leurs bases-arriere.
Vergers, like mothers-in-law, have received harsh treatment over the years, starting with the Dickensian beadle in Oliver Twist and perpetuated by the dippy old chap in Dad's Army who calls the vicar "His Riverence" and repeatedly trips over his own cassock.
Vergers at Sheffield Cathedral have been sent on a self-defence course to meet a rising tide of violence against church workers.
ONE of the Queen's vergers indecently assaulted a choirboy of 13 at his flat, a court heard yesterday.
The hole was discovered by vergers opening the cathedral on Saturday morning.
Their company, Vergers Lafrance, continues to diversify and adapt to the changing dynamics of the apple market.
This has led to physical assaults and intimidation of the four vergers who look after the cathedral.
He has also been training officer for the Church of England's Guild of Vergers, after helping setting up the training scheme.
Les terrains agricoles et les vergers du perimetre agricole d'El Maader Sidi-Cheikh, pres de Boussaada (M'sila), ont ete severement endommages par les pluies torrentielles qui se sont abattues sur cette region dans la nuit de dimanche dernier a hier, selon des agriculteurs.
One of the vergers tried to escort them out and Carr threw a cup of "tepid" coffee at him.
This picture takes us back to March, 1987, and shows one of the vergers at Durham Cathedral giving a final polish to the giant candlesticks at St.
Des averses orageuses accompagnees de grele, survenues mardi dernier dans plusieurs zones de la wilaya de Batna, ont endommage les vergers de pommiers, a-t-on appris, hier, du president de l'Assemblee populaire communale d'Inoughissene (80 km au sud-est de Batna), Abdelmadjid Mokhtari.